Electrical Engineer

Donatech Corporation; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Donatech Corporation in Tucson, AZ seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer to design and verify FPGA devices across Xilinx and Microsemi families using VHDL. The role requires U.S.

citizenship and active secret clearance, and the selected candidate will be a W2 employee of Donatech. You will collaborate with systems engineers and circuit board designers to translate requirements into robust FPGA implementations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of FPGA design experience including at least one of the listed areas.
• Proficient in digital design and VHDL coding.
• Experience with Xilinx or Microsemi devices and respective flow tools.
• Hands-on experience delivering FPGA solutions with integration and debug.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production-quality FPGA releases from concept through production.
• Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and CONOPS.
• Translate system requirements into FPGA requirements and create verification plans.
• Code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability, with self-checking tests.
• Support technical reviews and produce design documentation and user guides.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL coding

Xilinx/Microsemi flow tools

Integration & debugging

Job description

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech. US Citizenship Required. Active Secret Clearance Required.

FPGA Engineers develop and verify designs for all major FPGA vendors and device families including: Xilinx, Altera, and Microsemi. Designs are implemented using VHDL for the following applications: gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces. Designers work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architect new parts, collaborative modeling of algorithms, code development, simulation, and place and route. Designs are verified against requirements and design support is expected from requirements definition through integration and test.

Qualifications You Must Have:

Required - Minimum 8 years of experience to include at least 1 of the following:

• Digital design and VHDL coding
• Xilinx or Microsemi devices and flow tools
• Delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
• Hands on experience with integration and debug

Desired - FPGA design experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Radar processing techniques
• Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors
• Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs)
• Constrained random verification in UVM using System Verilog
• Verification utilizing emulation platforms, such as Veloce

Day to day -

• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production
• Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
• Translate system level requirements into FPGA requirements
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage
• Help drive projects and execute to program schedules on time and budget
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, and user's guides
• May support internal and external technical reviews